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Title: The world in a week of groceries
Post by: dpareja on October 15, 2013, 11:59:39 am: http://www.nutritionnews.com/food/diet-food/what-a-week-of-groceries-looks-like-around-the-world/

There's basically no text in the article. It's a series of images showing what a week's worth of groceries is in various countries. It's pretty interesting to see how things differ from place to place.
Title: Re: The world in a week of groceries
Post by: Sleepy on October 15, 2013, 12:12:35 pm: It's nifty to see what a range there is between the US and African nations, or pretty much the US and everywhere else, really. I could be wrong, but it looks like fast food is only shown for the US, and I would think it'd be in a few other places as well, like Canada and Australia. Maybe I'm overlooking it.
Title: Re: The world in a week of groceries
Post by: Art Vandelay on October 15, 2013, 12:18:40 pm: Quote from: Sleepy on October 15, 2013, 12:12:35 pm
It's nifty to see what a range there is between the US and African nations, or pretty much the US and everywhere else, really. I could be wrong, but it looks like fast food is only shown for the US, and I would think it'd be in a few other places as well, like Canada and Australia. Maybe I'm overlooking it.
I saw quite a lot of KFC in the Chinese picture.
Title: Re: The world in a week of groceries
Post by: Sleepy on October 15, 2013, 01:12:13 pm: Ah, sure enough. Now this'll become a game of I Spy.
Title: Re: The world in a week of groceries
Post by: MadCatTLX on October 15, 2013, 01:57:50 pm: While you see a difference I also see a lot of similarities between almost all but the African pictures.

The most amusing thing is what appears to be some bottles of beer in the German picture.
Title: Re: The world in a week of groceries
Post by: Flying Mint Bunny! on October 15, 2013, 02:00:31 pm: Quote from: Art Vandelay on October 15, 2013, 12:18:40 pm
Quote from: Sleepy on October 15, 2013, 12:12:35 pm
It's nifty to see what a range there is between the US and African nations, or pretty much the US and everywhere else, really. I could be wrong, but it looks like fast food is only shown for the US, and I would think it'd be in a few other places as well, like Canada and Australia. Maybe I'm overlooking it.
I saw quite a lot of KFC in the Chinese picture.

It probably just depends on if they ate fast food on the day they took the pictures.
Title: Re: The world in a week of groceries
Post by: chitoryu12 on October 15, 2013, 05:53:55 pm: I'm also interested in exactly which families they chose. Considering that almost every country has bountiful amounts of food (some of which barely fit in the shot) and then Chad suddenly has almost nothing but a few sacks, the economic disparity might be larger than they're letting on. I'm not sure that all of them are from the same relative economic standing.
Title: Re: The world in a week of groceries
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on October 15, 2013, 06:21:59 pm: Apparently Mexico really likes Coca Cola.

Also, the fuckton of Kraft Dinner, cheese slices and yogurt in the Canadian pic looks about right.
Title: Re: The world in a week of groceries
Post by: Osama bin Bambi on October 15, 2013, 06:27:01 pm: Quote from: Mlle Antéchrist on October 15, 2013, 06:21:59 pm
Apparently Mexico really likes Coca Cola.

For some reason, all the Coca Cola that my dad buys is Mexican.
Title: Re: The world in a week of groceries
Post by: mellenORL on October 15, 2013, 06:29:11 pm: Turkey is yummiest over all, but I've always adored that cuisine. Guatemala, hands down the most beautiful and bountiful produce. Chad....they are in a refugee camp.... :'(
Title: Re: The world in a week of groceries
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on October 15, 2013, 06:33:51 pm: Quote from: Osama bin Bambi on October 15, 2013, 06:27:01 pm
Quote from: Mlle Antéchrist on October 15, 2013, 06:21:59 pm
Apparently Mexico really likes Coca Cola.

For some reason, all the Coca Cola that my dad buys is Mexican.

Mexican cola is made with cane sugar, whereas American cola uses high-fructose corn syrup, so a lot of people prefer the former.
Title: Re: The world in a week of groceries
Post by: chitoryu12 on October 15, 2013, 06:46:14 pm: Quote from: mellenORL on October 15, 2013, 06:29:11 pm
Turkey is yummiest over all, but I've always adored that cuisine. Guatemala, hands down the most beautiful and bountiful produce. Chad....they are in a refugee camp.... :'(

That's kinda what I was getting at with this. A real, good comparison of the relative weekly groceries would have shown people with the same relative wealth across their country. So they show lots of families with (at a minimum) decent-sized homes filled with quality furnishings and enough food to fill the bed of a pickup.....then Africa gets refugees and people living in small huts in the desert. I'm not entirely confident that an upper-middle-class French family is in the same relative position in their country as some poor villagers in Mali.
Title: Re: The world in a week of groceries
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on October 15, 2013, 06:54:42 pm: They could be based on where the majority of families lie in terms of quality of life and standard of living, rather than what you'd expect to see from the middle class (which varies in size depending on the nation; in an impoverished, undeveloped nation, the middle class might be virtually non-existent).

That said, I'm not seeing anything on the page to suggest which metric, if any, was used when selecting families.
Title: Re: The world in a week of groceries
Post by: RavynousHunter on October 15, 2013, 07:12:04 pm: Quote from: Mlle Antéchrist on October 15, 2013, 06:33:51 pm
Quote from: Osama bin Bambi on October 15, 2013, 06:27:01 pm
Quote from: Mlle Antéchrist on October 15, 2013, 06:21:59 pm
Apparently Mexico really likes Coca Cola.

For some reason, all the Coca Cola that my dad buys is Mexican.

Mexican cola is made with cane sugar, whereas American cola uses high-fructose corn syrup, so a lot of people prefer the former.

I honestly can't tell the difference. I just like drinking from glass, occasionally, lol.
Title: Re: The world in a week of groceries
Post by: MadCatTLX on October 15, 2013, 08:19:47 pm: Quote from: Mlle Antéchrist on October 15, 2013, 06:33:51 pm
Quote from: Osama bin Bambi on October 15, 2013, 06:27:01 pm
Quote from: Mlle Antéchrist on October 15, 2013, 06:21:59 pm
Apparently Mexico really likes Coca Cola.

For some reason, all the Coca Cola that my dad buys is Mexican.

Mexican cola is made with cane sugar, whereas American cola uses high-fructose corn syrup, so a lot of people prefer the former.

The American Coke is a conspiracy!
Title: Re: The world in a week of groceries
Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 15, 2013, 09:20:47 pm: I have no idea how to even get Mexican Cola.
Title: Re: The world in a week of groceries
Post by: ironbite on October 15, 2013, 09:22:34 pm: Hope the fence.
Title: Re: The world in a week of groceries
Post by: Osama bin Bambi on October 15, 2013, 09:23:21 pm: Quote from: Magus Silveresti on October 15, 2013, 09:20:47 pm
I have no idea how to even get Mexican Cola.

You can buy them in bulk at some supermarkets.

Also:

(http://31.media.tumblr.com/2c137d7c52d4cc56cd622ad97b46756e/tumblr_mu9yxz8NhV1s952kko1_1280.jpg)

I don't get the people who insist that their cries of "WHITE PRIDE!" should be taken as completely harmless, especially because many of those people who say it coincidentally also want to kill/expel/persecute me (and many other people).
Title: Re: The world in a week of groceries
Post by: Shane for Wax on October 15, 2013, 09:31:57 pm: Quote from: Magus Silveresti on October 15, 2013, 09:20:47 pm
I have no idea how to even get Mexican Cola.

We have a Mexican store nearby that sells it in like 1.5 liter bottles.
Title: Re: The world in a week of groceries
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on October 15, 2013, 09:44:59 pm: Quote from: Osama bin Bambi on October 15, 2013, 09:23:21 pm
(http://31.media.tumblr.com/2c137d7c52d4cc56cd622ad97b46756e/tumblr_mu9yxz8NhV1s952kko1_1280.jpg)

Racial pride (and gay pride, etc.) = believing you can overcome adversary and refusing to let society make you believe that you're less of a person for differing from the majority. White people (and straight people, etc.) don't need pride in this context.

(Also, I'm assuming this was meant for the Things People Say on the Internet thread?)
Title: Re: The world in a week of groceries
Post by: Osama bin Bambi on October 16, 2013, 12:17:23 am: Quote from: Mlle Antéchrist on October 15, 2013, 09:44:59 pm
Quote from: Osama bin Bambi on October 15, 2013, 09:23:21 pm
(http://31.media.tumblr.com/2c137d7c52d4cc56cd622ad97b46756e/tumblr_mu9yxz8NhV1s952kko1_1280.jpg)

Racial pride (and gay pride, etc.) = believing you can overcome adversary and refusing to let society make you believe that you're less of a person for differing from the majority. White people (and straight people, etc.) don't need pride in this context.

(Also, I'm assuming this was meant for the Things People Say on the Internet thread?)

Derp, my bad. I'm tired today :P
Title: Re: The world in a week of groceries
Post by: kefkaownsall on October 16, 2013, 11:26:44 am: /Mexico consumes more Coke then any other nation. The KFC in China is accurate (although if they did Japan they would need McDonalds)
Title: Re: The world in a week of groceries
Post by: Shane for Wax on October 16, 2013, 11:29:29 am: Also Germans tend to drink beer for what amounts to breakfast. At least in Bavaria. I found to my great delight.
Title: Re: The world in a week of groceries
Post by: RavynousHunter on October 17, 2013, 04:27:00 pm: Quote from: Booker DeWitt on October 15, 2013, 09:31:57 pm
Quote from: Magus Silveresti on October 15, 2013, 09:20:47 pm
I have no idea how to even get Mexican Cola.

We have a Mexican store nearby that sells it in like 1.5 liter bottles.

Shit, in VA, you can find it in grocery stores. 500ml bottles of Mexican Coke products: Coke, Mountain Dew, etc. All glass bottles, and you need a bottle opener to pry 'em open, but they're fairly cheap and fairly good.
Title: Re: The world in a week of groceries
Post by: TheL on October 18, 2013, 03:12:54 pm: Wow, India, that's a LOT of naan bread. Mmmmm.
Title: Re: The world in a week of groceries
Post by: Sixth Monarchist on October 18, 2013, 03:34:58 pm: Quote from: chitoryu12 on October 15, 2013, 05:53:55 pm
I'm also interested in exactly which families they chose. Considering that almost every country has bountiful amounts of food (some of which barely fit in the shot) and then Chad suddenly has almost nothing but a few sacks, the economic disparity might be larger than they're letting on. I'm not sure that all of them are from the same relative economic standing.

Yeah, the people in Chad seem to be pitched up in a fucking tent*, whereas the Chinese family seem to be a lower-middle class lot (which might put them in the Chinese 1%, for all I know). The French seem kinda poor, and the Italians have a crazy amount of bread (none of it Crazy Bread).

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*their regular tents being in the background.
Title: Re: The world in a week of groceries
Post by: chitoryu12 on October 19, 2013, 03:56:23 am: Quote from: CtraK on October 18, 2013, 03:34:58 pm
Quote from: chitoryu12 on October 15, 2013, 05:53:55 pm
I'm also interested in exactly which families they chose. Considering that almost every country has bountiful amounts of food (some of which barely fit in the shot) and then Chad suddenly has almost nothing but a few sacks, the economic disparity might be larger than they're letting on. I'm not sure that all of them are from the same relative economic standing.

Yeah, the people in Chad seem to be pitched up in a fucking tent*, whereas the Chinese family seem to be a lower-middle class lot (which might put them in the Chinese 1%, for all I know). The French seem kinda poor, and the Italians have a crazy amount of bread (none of it Crazy Bread).

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*their regular tents being in the background.

Actually, the huge overcrowding in China makes me think that they're, at worst, regular middle class. I could never accuse that French family of being poor; look at how many furnishings they have and how full the bookshelf in the back is, as well as how much space is visible in the background. I've met rather wealthy families with less of a house than that. The Kuwaiti family is probably upper-middle class. The Ecuadorian family looks like a bunch of poor farmers, which doesn't mesh at all with the apparently urban/suburban families in the rest of the photos.